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adventures in excretion, ii

Grip loves to take a bath. You can tell because he gets that thinking-really-hard look on his face as soon as he goes in the water. As much as he loves being in the water, though, he loves the aftermath … Continue reading

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adventures in excretion

So there I am: 3:15am, laying in bed, just about to drift asleep after hours of obsessive online research of something or other, when Jen says, “can you change him?” Shake myself awake. Yes, I am a Dad, and I change diapers! To the fray! Continue reading

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bad parents

hand boobooI knew it would happen one day: one of us was bound to drop him, bonk him against a door frame, pinch his toes in a zipper or otherwise demonstrate our inadequacy as parents. Yesterday, my worst nightmare came to pass: Grip has…an infected hangnail! Continue reading

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the hose works!

Yesterday, for the first time, Grip tried to pee on me. We were at the hospital for his routine two day follow-up. He was naked on the bed and I was at the sink. I heard the nurse say, “oh, … Continue reading

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